August 23, the day when the Vikram Lander of Chandrayaan-3 mission successfully touched down on the Moon’s surface, will now be celebrated as National Space Day, declared Prime Minister Narendra Modi today. Addressing the scientists behind the Chandrayaan-3 mission at the ISRO headquarters in Bengaluru, he said, “India will celebrate August 23 as ‘National Space Day’ to mark the successful touchdown of Chandrayaan-3 mission’s lander.” PM Modi flew directly down to Bengaluru early on Saturday, after concluding his two-nation visit to South Africa and Greece, to congratulate and meet the ISRO scientists involved in the Chandrayaan-3 mission to the Moon.…
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Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit on Friday warned Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann that he could recommend President’s rule in the state and also initiate criminal proceedings if his letters are not answered. In a letter to the Chief Minister, Governor Purohit said, “He is pained to point out that there is reason to believe that there is failure of the constitutional machinery in the state.” The Governor said he was upset over not getting any reply from him on his previous letters, and warned him that he could send a report to the President on the failure of the constitutional mechanism.…
India is among the top five countries in the world with the fastest-growing talent for technology, with 14 times as many LinkedIn profiles citing the skills in artificial intelligence (AI) in the last seven years, according to a report by LinkedIn. Based on the first ‘Future of Work: State of Work@AI’ report from the professional networking platform, the countries with the quickest adoption rates of AI capabilities are Canada, Finland, Singapore, India, and Ireland. Retail, education, and financial services are just a few of the industries that have adopted these skills beyond the technology sector. Over 43% of the Indian…
At a time when big pharma is shying away from research and development on new antibiotics, it is the small and medium scale biopharmaceutical companies that have taken up the cudgels for filling this gap. But these companies are faced with enormous challenges of their own. Until these challenges are addressed and overcome, the world will continue to be in a dire predicament in which it will see its basket of life-saving antibiotics rapidly becoming smaller and smaller. This emerged from the deliberations at a global webinar organised on August 24 by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). This was…
By Nava J Thakuria Guwahati: Congratulating the concerned authorities and agencies for completing the new flyover starting from Kamakhya temple’s entry gate towards Maligaon with diversion to Pandu township on the bank of mighty Brahmaputra, the Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA) urges Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to name the flyover after Devi Kamakhya, the Goddess of fertility, desire and creative power. The 2.6-kilometer-long two-lane flyover, constructed with an expenditure of Rs 420 crore is expected to be inaugurated on Rakhi Purnima (30 August 2023), said the forum of nationalist citizens. PPFA said in a statement that Mother Goddess…
Tollywood actor Allu Arjun bagged the best actor award for the film Pushpa: The Rise at the 69th annual National Film Awards for the year 2021. Alia Bhatt won the award for the best actress for the movie Gangubai Kathiawadi. She shares the award with the Mimi actress Kriti Sanon. R Madhavan’s Rocketry: The Nambi Effect won the award for the best feature film award. This is the first time a Tollywood actor won Best Actor Award at National Film Award. The team of ‘Pushpa’ including director Sukumar, and Allu Arjun’s family celebrated the win together. Mythri Movie Makers, the production house,…
UWW, the world governing body for wrestling, has suspended the WFI for not conducting its elections on time, a development which will not allow Indian grapplers to compete at the upcoming World Championships under the Indian flag. The Indian wrestlers will have to compete as ‘neutral athletes’ at the Olympic-qualifying World Championships, starting September 16 as the ad-hoc panel, led by Bhupender Singh Bajwa, did not honour the 45-day deadline for conducting the elections. The development has come a day before the ad-hoc panel conducts the World Championships trials in Patiala. The IOA had appointed the ad-hoc panel on April 27…
The BRICS bloc has invited six new countries to join the group, pledging to champion the “Global South”. Saudi Arabia, Iran, Ethiopia, Egypt, Argentina and the United Arab Emirates are the nations invited to join the five-nation bloc. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, the host of the three-day BRICS summit in Johannesburg, announced on Thursday that the new members will join the bloc on January 1, 2024. The announcement was made during a a joint media briefing along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. He said the decision was agreed…
Yevgeny Prigozhin– the head of the Wagner mercenary army that fought in Ukraine and has been blamed for doing Russia’s messy work in Syria and Africa and leading a brief mutiny against President Vladimir Putin– was killed on Wednesday, along with nine others in a dramatic flight crash. However, there were speculations that the plane could not be tagged “ill-fated” as it had shown “unusual descent” in the last 30 seconds before it crashed near the village of Kuzhenkino in the Tver Region. The Russian Federal Air Transport Agency has confirmed that Wagner chief was on board a plane that crashed…
At the opening plenary session of the 15th BRICS summit in Johannesburg, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday backed the expansion of the five-nation grouping and stated that India has given highest priority to countries of Global South under its G20 presidency. “India fully supports the expansion of BRICS and welcomes move to move forward on this based on consensus,” PM Modi said during the open plenary session of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) summit. The BRICS brings together five of the largest developing countries of the world, representing 41 per cent of the global population, 24…